fortification agate
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fortification agate
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds. µ The fortification agate, or Scotch pebble, the moss agate, the clouded agate, etc., are familiar varieties.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
I found a piece of granite and a fragment of fortification agate in the sandy bed of the creek.
From Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 by Ludwig Leichhardt
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